Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Growing Pains...

Well, Bob Iger finally announced that addition to the Grand Californian that everyone on the internet already knew about. It's going to be 200 new hotel room and 50 DVC units... most people thought it was just the Vacation Units, but the designs were way too big and extravagant for just those 50 units. Plans also call for an additional 300 parking spots for guest. These plans will bring the hotel rooms, which currently are at 750, to 1000 room... counting the DVC units.

The expansion of the only Disneyland Resort hotel actually designed by Disney will be open in late 2009. Hmmm... late 2009. What could be happening then? Paradise Pier should be fairly close to being done... a new water show would be there that could be seen from the roof of the expansion and then there's that...

Whoa. That's enough speculation for now... we'll have to save some stuff for our next BSA. Hopefully by then, the folks over at TeamDisney Burbank will have let a little more information slip. They could have dropped it all at once, but I feel they want to have a continual peppering of items so that it looks like every few weeks to a month or so, the Disney company will be letting Anaheim voters know that they have ambitious plans for the Resort and would like them to check the box accordingly duing next years ballot.

There's going to be a great deal of construction over the next four to six years that will be a pain to a lot of people visiting the Resort... but after it's all completed, most people will realize it was worth it. And if they show their appreciation by spending more nights in those hotel rooms and spending more money at the parks you'll see the next five years filled with even more creative works... works which will be topped off by an amazing Disney announcement. But that won't come for quite a while. Until then...